Inglourious Basterds

We watched Inglourious Basterds this weekend, and I for one thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Although it was obviously a comedy, the attention to the storyline and detail in general was incredible, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. The movie was not very historically correct, if at all, but I still liked that it was set in the World War II time period. I find myself extremely interested in that and World War I. For this reason, I think that there should be more purely fictitious works of art surrounding that time period. Even though it is a touchy subject for some, I think the time period itself is so fascinating it cannot be passed up as a wonderful fictional setting. The obvious evil of some can be explored, along with concepts of revenge, classy style and fashion, men in uniform, violence, and ruins. These things all add up to wonderful stories, funny or not. While I understand the reluctance of prancing about in such a violent piece of history, I think that the longer people wait to explore it, the staler it will become. I hope that people will see an example in Inglourious Basterds, and approach World War II without such a stigma as they have before.